How many people are there in the Golden Group now?

Balor couldn't explain clearly. He was responsible for cultivating Mercury's internal staff, and the internal staff developed the external staff on their own. The external staff were the coachmen, gangsters, black marketeers, tavern owners, grocery store owners, etc. who relied on the Golden Group to support their families. During this period, Balor

Roll has been entangled with the Masked Brotherhood in Climbing Stone City, and Gumbis' mercury insider developed on its own. After he came back, he began to deal with the affairs of Gumbis' mercury insider. The information he has learned so far is not comprehensive.

I know a general situation: there are seven to eight thousand peripheral members, not much less.

Since Balor was only responsible for Victor, Lilia didn't know exactly how many people there were in the Golden Company. What she controlled were smuggling caravans and copycat strongholds. The total number of smuggling mercenaries and mountain people was close to 20,000.

The channels, terminals, and information of the Golden Company each belong to their own, and the two leaders, Lilia and Balor, do not know each other. The person who should know the details of the Golden Company the most is the founder Victor. But Balor can’t tell the outside world now.

What can Victor know about the number of members?

All he knew was that the profits created by the Golden Group fell far short of expectations.

I thought that the three-and-a-half-year-old Golden Tuan was still a little cow and needed careful feeding... Unexpectedly, it turned into a big fat cow!

But, what about the milk that was promised?

Viscount Randall decided to figure out the two most critical issues:

Who shared my money? How did they share it?

So, while wiping his sweat, Mercury leader Balor gave an example:

The barony of Schulz is rich in mahogany, sedge candles and charcoal, but lacks the herbs, redweed, bluethorn and iron cowry that are used to prepare body-building potions. The Golden Group's smuggling caravan passes through Schulz's territory, and the mercury line is in the mahogany.

An outside vendor developed in the town. He took over candied fruits, soaps and various mountain goods from the smuggling caravans and sold them to outsiders. Among them were the herbs that the Schultz family urgently needed.

When the outside merchant made money, he immediately purchased a carriage, rented two public transportation lines, and made regular donations to the church in accordance with the requirements of Mercury's inside line. As a result, he received the protection of the priest.

As the stagecoach line was connected to the Schulz Territory, the amount of smuggled goods increased sharply, and bulk goods such as lard, bacon, and oiled canvas began to appear in the market of Redwood Town. This attracted the attention of Baron Schulz.

However, due to the good relationship between the outside merchant and the priest, the goods he sold met the needs of the Schulz Territory. The baron did not take rough measures against the merchant, but only sent someone to investigate his details.

The conclusion of the investigation was that this freeman trader had established a relationship with the coachman of the feudal territory, and used the public carriage to smuggle goods from Yehliu City to Schultz Territory and sell them for profit.

Merchants and coachmen teamed up to resell goods. The act of evading transit taxes harmed the interests of their neighbors. Instead, the Schulz Territory had an additional trade channel and the price of goods was relatively cheap. Baron Schulz turned a blind eye to the bold free traders.

She closed her eyes and even protected him secretly.

Outside merchants thrived, maintained more than 20 thugs, opened several shops, hired waiters and coachmen, rented more public carriage routes, handed in offerings to the police station, and donated money to the church.

The number one man in Redwood Town.

However, things took an interesting turn. The villagers in Schultz's collar mixed cheap lard and butter to create a new sedge candle. It has a strong smell, low brightness, and is not resistant to burning, but the cost is only that of cattle.

One-fifth of the oil-green candles. The villagers originally used them for their own use, but outside traders saw business opportunities. He purchased a large amount of mixed oil candles at the price of 2 copper soles for 5 candles, and then resold them for 2 copper soles for 3 candles.

Sold to outside traders in other territories. Since outside traders began to use public carriages to deliver goods, of course, other specialties from Schultz's territory were also indispensable. And his purchase price was much higher than that of the caravan.

The Golden Group's external shipments are rich in variety, the prices are cheap, and the purchased goods are reasonably priced. Baron Schulz simply couldn't stop laughing. He chose to turn a blind eye to the behavior of external vendors reselling Yeliu City's supplies through public carriages.

Outside traders have formed deep connections with gangs, village chiefs, police stations, priests, and even Baron Schulz himself. It is easy to kill the trader, and it is also easy to replace him, but this spontaneous trade channel cannot be formed by refugee traders.

Otherwise, the losses to the Schulz family would be far greater than the gains from collecting transit taxes.

Baron Schulz's oil-mixed candle finally lit up the homeless shanty town of Waterdeep at the price of 2 copper soles.

Mercury's insiders followed suit, and the Golden Company's outside merchants are now spread throughout all the major towns in the Kingdom of Cambis.

After hearing this, Nelson, Barritt and Todd were amazed. But a key word appeared in Victor's mind: barbaric growth.

Mercury's insider pointed out a way to make money, and the black market vendors on the outside made the gold group bigger by themselves. The black market vendors independently completed various links such as short-term transportation, warehousing, purchasing, sales, and security. Every link requires manpower, and everyone behind them

There are also their respective families and friends. In other words, the current members of the Golden Group include: 20,000 mountain people, more than 300 black businessmen, more than 6,000 thugs, an equal number of gangsters, and tens of thousands of family members.

With so many people eating on the Golden Group's plate, how much can be left for the Randall family?

Of course, barbaric growth is in line with Victor's original vision. When the Randall family is short of money and people, they must fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the refugees through profit sharing in order to use their financial resources and manpower to strengthen the entire organization. Therefore,

In just a few years, the Golden Company became a behemoth.

However, wild growth means loss of control.

In the operation mode of the Golden Group, Mercury insiders hid behind the scenes, contacted black market merchants, and distributed the goods led by Randall through the public transportation network and local markets. The Randall family made money, and the smuggling caravan,

Small lords, vassal village chiefs, and black marketeers all shared the profits, and they also supported a large number of coachmen, gangsters, and shop clerks.

On the surface, everyone seems happy, but the total economic output generated by the Golden Group exceeds one million gold soles every year. Victor only shares a small part of the profits, how can he be willing to do so? Just like the candle business led by Schultz, Victor

Taya wanted to share a piece of meat, but he couldn't even take a sip of the soup.

The candle business doesn't even need Victor's hand, and of course he can't get a share of the meat. In fact, the black market traders don't even know the name of the Golden Group, nor do they know the big boss behind the scenes. They just want to curry favor with the local lords and priests. The worst thing is

Yes, after black traders and small lords join forces to open up the public transportation network, they will no longer rely on the mountain roads opened by smuggling caravans.

This would severely weaken Victor's control over the Golden Company.

The Golden Group is huge and bloated, with a loose organizational structure. There is no unified pricing strategy, no cost control for each link, and no clear profit distribution plan. If entrepreneurs on earth traveled to this world and saw the situation of the Golden Group, they would definitely

They would say: This thing is worse than bankruptcy and reorganization.

Victor said slowly: "I am very dissatisfied with the current situation of the Golden Group!" After a pause, he added: "The money we received is too little."

Nelson was stunned for a moment and muttered: "Sir, I think it's okay... Last year, I got 3,000 gold soles!"

The Golden Group has a dividend distribution plan within the Randall family. The money earned by each smuggling caravan is first deducted from various costs, and Victor takes half of it, and the rest is distributed according to shares. The Randall family

There are currently 37 smuggling caravans. Last year's net profit was 90,000 gold soles. Nelson held 10% of the shares, so he shared 3,000 gold soles. Victor also had 45,000 gold soles more private money. But

This amount of money is probably less than a fraction of the annual income of the Golden Group.

Victor sighed, shook his head and said: "If the total transaction volume of the Golden Group last year exceeded one million gold soles, would you still be so happy?"

Nelson gasped and exclaimed: "How can there be so many?"

"Is it unbelievable? I can't tell you clearly about things in the field of commodity circulation. All you need to know is that nearly 100,000 people rely on the Golden Group for their livelihood. This number is not surprising!"

Victor clapped his fingers and said: "The Golden Group now has two trade channels, the mountain road that takes precious goods and the public carriage that resells bulk supplies. In fact, the public carriage channel creates more than ten times more wealth than the mountain road! Everywhere.

The lords, churches, village chiefs, black merchants, thugs, carriage drivers, and shop assistants simultaneously use the two trade channels of the Golden Group to make money. And our income comes entirely from the mountain road channels of the smuggling caravans, and the public transportation channels are not half as good as ours.

It’s related to a copper sol!”

"I obviously founded the Golden Group, but they make more money than us! Why is this happening?"

Victor looked around, and his eyes finally fell on the old spy Balor.

"Because, most outside traders don't listen to us." Balor replied calmly.

"If you don't listen to us... you're absolutely right!"

Victor held his hands and smiled and said: "The 20,000 mountain people at the mountain road stronghold listen to us, and the smuggling caravan can easily recruit 1,400 mountain people mercenaries. And the Golden Group has at least 78,000 peripheral members, and

Mercury can only deploy dozens of reliable manpower... This is because we failed to effectively control outside vendors."

Nelson looked at Balor with disdain. He had just been stunned by the old spy's tone.

You can only dispatch a few dozen people, but you want to talk about more than 6,000 thugs. Those thugs don't listen to you. No matter how many people there are, it's useless! Fortunately, you are wise and saw through this old liar at a glance. It's still us.

War bear mercenaries are most useful to adults...Nelson thought smugly.

Victor saw Nelson's expression in his eyes, waved his hand and said: "The black businessman did not obey the orders. The responsibility lies with me and has nothing to do with mercury."

"Your Excellency is wise." Balor bowed sincerely.

"Then how can we make the black merchants obey?" Victor knocked on the table and raised his chin at Nelson, "Tell me... don't look around, I'm talking about you."

"Ah? Ask me?" Nelson pointed to his nose. Seeing Victor nodding, he touched the back of his head vigorously and said in a pretentious tone: "Well... I think that in order for businessmen to be obedient, they must first

Find out, why are they disobedient? I think... I am thinking, why do they make millions of gold soles every year? This question is very critical!"

Victor was shocked. Nelson, a guy who knew nothing about business and trade, could get to the point. This was his innate wisdom.

Victor said pleasantly: "Reprocessing, reproduction, and resale... Take Baron Schulz as an example. What we sell is cheap lard. The coachman of the public carriage transports the lard to Schulz's territory, and there is only

After adding a shipping fee, Baron Schulz used cheap lard to produce candles and sold them to merchants, who in turn sold the candles to homeless families. Is this more profitable than reselling lard?"

"Oh, that's it." Nelson rubbed the stubble on his chin, shook his head and said, "The candle business has nothing to do with us, no wonder those businessmen don't listen to us."

"This is the truth, but they are using the Golden Group's channels." Victor said unreasonably: "I just want to make them obey and give us a share of the candle business. What do you think we should do?"

Nelson thought for a long time, shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "I don't know."

Victor shook his head and laughed, turning his eyes to Balor.
Chapter completed!